Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-04
DRINKS ON SUNDAY.
Hearing I'm 1.-THE Empire Climb. C,.s
TESTIMONY BEFORE JUDGE sNEIL-SfATENESrs OF
THE POLICE, Mr.. soLARI, AND OTHER wrrNRssEs

Hearing I'm ''The Empire Club. Case.
TESTIMONY BEFORE JUDGE sNErI-srArKNESrs OF
THE POLICE, MR.. soLARI AND OTHER wIrNRssEs
The case OF Camil SOLAR, the saloon-Seeper on
pennsylvania avenue, charged with violating the
sunday liquor law in connection with the "Emp,re
Ciub was called for trial In the Police Court this
morning py MI. Padgett. Mr.. Chas S. Moore for
the defendant, entered plea Of mot guilty.
Lieut. Amiss testified that on Sunday, the cath
OF last month, he went to the defendants place It
was between and O'Clock in the evening and he
went upon MT. Solari'S invitation. Upstairs he
iouno Oar-room arranged In an apartment imme-
eiatelS over Mt. Solart'S bar on the first floor
mere were two men behind the bar and witness
saw them serve what appeared to be wine. One
vi vi, Mr. solari's employees was attending to the bar
Inere were men In the front room drinking LIQUOR
On crosS-eXamination witness said he had a con
xeIsa.loh with Mr. Solari the previous Friday and
about the Empire Club.
Mr.. Moore. p'e'iN''
that Gib}ect ot said Mr Padgett, .on the ground
~ NJ h 0 that it is material" said Mr.. Moore.
MI Padgett said there was no proof of the er.
iSIence or any other club.
,o ~ juuse saiu ne would exclude the question,
n o ieason lnat IL was not material and It
c ct'i not De assumed that there would not be
o'!!tt cluo cases presented
Witness said he saw Is cents returned nm n
walter. he could not say there was any whisky
Witness romd out ne saw several bottles there
Mluness coulu not say that the men he saw there
Club. '"'eiei " Tue H"pio
so sisrgeant Dlggins gave similar testimony. He
Siilu lnat MI. Solari,s cashier and bOok.Seeper
were acting In that capacity on the second floor
MirnGss Unmarked to one OF the barenders that
aits n G iuIl supply or everything and he said
1sS, Tor the Empire Club Witness said he saw
d waiter serve what he believed was wine but he
coutu not swear that it was Wine
cb,ra,od -, Moore Testified that on the sunday
.mn,Sd nv, he saw party OF gentlemen sitting
nuuilu Tue table. He heard no one call for
i nyuor ana could not swear that any was served.
ou' '''" hiteen cents passed in on waiter
THE BARTENDERs STATEMENT.
Jno. Mlnett, No. 61Sk 9th street southwest tes.
tilted that he is employed by Mr.. Solari as bar.
tender. On the Sunday charged he said he went
10 Mr.: Solaris house, and on the second floor he
Se,Veu out an KINDS OF liquors by the walters who
astuIieu tne money to the cashier. On cross
examination witness said that he was in the EN-.
plo! ol the Empire Club, and liquor was furnished
toltS members. He then said he did not know
handel ,b Snty We're members or not but that he
ha ~ op,e ene IL nqqor out to the walters.
no PROOF OF any club"
STATEMENT OF Mr.. sOLARL
Inc de1endant testified that he rented rooms to
Inc Empire Ciub, and received $50 q month for
Ihehl. lie S;.ld his bar was closed on the Sunday
and that nothing was sold. On cross,-examinatton
witness SAD he was not a member OF the club:
that his application had been presented bnt was
not acted upon. He did not know the officers Of
tne c!uD. he rented the TWO rooms with the
privilege ot the parior, for $50 MONTH but during
the week he uses one OF the rooms for n dintnr
room me cluD has the exclusive right to use the
rooms II they want them. He has the right to use
one OF the rooms during the week as dinIng-room.
but not on sunday. The rent has not been
paw paw w YET, pas VII, be due some time
he made the agreement, but thought his name vas
Blanchard and had heard that he lBlancharilwas
q member OF The club. John Whittekindt the
steward OF the club, purchased the uUuor from
witness with the understanding that it should be
paid for at the end OF each month with the rent.
The liquors already furnished have been CHARGED
against him. During the week previous to the
Path. the day charged, Whittekindt purchased
liquors and used his defendant glasses ana wait
efS HIS pTontS were made only hy selling them
to the steward CT the club at wholesale rates He
said he mad nothing to do With the business up-
stairs ana had no right in their rooms unless they
permitted MIN 10 come in; that he never sent out
any tickets requesting persons to join the club.
tom" asked the court
"NO, sir answered the defendant ua navar
had any tickets printed, nor did he ever see one.
The articles OF incorporation were offered in
evidence by Mr.. Moore 49,
Mr.. Moore offered in evidence the constitution
OF tne cruz, ana Mr.. Padgett objected because
there had been no evidence OF the existence OF
SUCH cluD, ana the court sustained the objection
OFFICERS OF THE CLUB.
Mr.. Whittekindt, the steward of the alleged
club, testified that hewas elected steward about
the 2lSt oflas month On salary OF $40 month.
de was lSo In the employ OF Mr.. Solari, and as
such received a monthly salary. He held the ONCE
OF secretary and acting treasurer and temnorary
treasurer OF the club. He was also one of the I'm.
corporators. The first meeting, he said. was held
on the 10th Of April, and Mr.. Moore was elected
club are: President Wash Nailor; vice-president.
Charles Mohier; secretary, Frank p. MOrgan:
S Sess Thomas ma MeGuggan ana wit
more than three hundred names on the
roll but most OF them are stu subject
to the committee On membership. The Initiation
lee at flrst was ten cents but it Is now fifty cents
NltneSS said he purchased the liquor from Mr.
SOiarl and S. c. Palmer, and Sunday is the only
DAY on which liquor IS sold. During the week Mr.
were for the purpose OF derraying the expenses OF
the club. He could not say that the club was or
ganized for nth, the purpose of evading the sunday
law. Mr.. Solari. he said. furnished the help and
utensils used in the rooms, for which he was paid
SO week.
Geo. Woody, doorkeeper at Kernan's Theater,
testified that he went to the rooms on the second
floor over Mr.. Soiari'S saloon on the Sunday
charged to get something to eat and while In there
he was furnished something to drink, glass of
brandy.
Mr.. Padgett argued that the testimony had made
out the case against the defendant. He had no
doubt but that the club, If there be one, was Or
gained for the purpose OF enabling Mr. Solari TO
evade the law.
Mr.. Moore said that as a member of the club he
would say that so far as the club being organized
for the purpose OF enabling Mr. Solar TO evade the
law, that was not so. He said that the club was
composed OF gentlemen who believed they had
certain rights He claimed that under the testi.
mony the defendant was entitled TO an acQuittal
FINE IMPOSED.
Judge Smell said that he considered it purely
question OF law. Mr.. SOlari sells the liquor to the
club and his bartender and bookkeeper assist in
dispensing it. Is Mr. Solari keeping his bar omen
or is he keeping II closed? The club question in
this Distr.cs is knOtty question and no such case
has ever been bef Ore the Supreme Court fine OF
$40 ana costs was imposed. An appeal was noted.
Mrs. La Fetra and several ladies from the
WOmen's Christian Temperance Union were pres
ent In court to hear the case.
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